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Chivayo, Zec corruption scandal spreads to SA
A JOHANNESBURG printing firm and its agent are being investigated by Zimbabwe's anti-corruption authority for price gouging on election-related material and equipment.Zimbabwe is no stranger t...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:48hrs | 1966 | by Staff reporter
Kenyan acquitted of illegal possession of bullet
A KENYAN national has been acquitted of illegal possession of ammunition without a firearm certificate following her arrest at the Victoria Falls International Airport over the weekend.Lucy Ka...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African man fined for carrying bullets in Zimbabwe
A SOUTH African national arrested by the police at the Robert Mugabe International Airport after he was found in possession of five live rounds in his luggage was yesterday fined US$300 (or three mont...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sangoma robs woman during cleansing
IN a distressing incident, a woman from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo, lost her money and valuables to a self-proclaimed sangoma and his wife during a cleansing ceremony.Lubelihle Makwati met t...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police searching for Zimbabwean woman after dismembered body discovered in suitcase in SA
POLICE are searching for a 33-year-old Zimbabwean woman after the discovery of a mutilated body in a suitcase in Wattville, Benoni, on the East Rand.Gauteng police spokesperson Col Dimakatso N...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
It is time for Mnangagwa to go
This is the perfect time for Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to go. Leadership is not his forte. He does not have the dexterity needed to govern a country. The past five years testify of his failure which...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 13:03hrs | | by @maximilianlion
Armed robbers raid churches
FOUR armed robbers yesterday night pounced on two churches in Cowdray Park suburb, getting away with a vehicle, cash and other valuables.The gang raided Holy Trinity Catholic Church and House ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 15:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Drug cartels turn Zimbabwe into a hub
Zimbabwe is fast becoming a destination of choice for smugglers of dangerous drugs such as heroin, with police saying syndicates involving locals and foreigners were on the loose.The country h...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't fall prey to Western fables, fabrications
DRUMS are beating, so high to a deafening crescendo as Zimbabwe hurtles towards the 2023 elections. Of course, the ground is already uneven because President Mnangagwa has been implementing pro-people...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Witchcraft owl trapped in a bedroom
AN owl is viewed as a creature of witchcraft in Zimbabwe and when a family in Kuruwa Village in Gokwe South under Chief Nemangwe woke up, close to midnight, to find the nocturnal bird trapped in their...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for stealing handcuffs
A COP stationed at Jotsholo Police Station in Lupane, Matabeleland North, has been arrested for allegedly stealing a wheelbarrow, duty roster book, stock clearance book and handcuffs from the police s...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-American soldier fined US$400
FORMER American soldier Ronald Leon Johnson has been fined $50 000 (equivalent to US$400) by a Harare magistrate for entering the country with a loaded pistol in breach of the immigration laws and the...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Putin warns arrogant US, NATO
Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Associated Press
Ex-American Army sergeant arrested by counter terrorism officers
An American citizen Ronald Leon Johnson was arrested on Wednesday this week while intending to board a flight to Victoria Falls after he was found in possession of a pistol loaded with three rounds of...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA-bound bus crew dumps sick woman in street
A Bulawayo woman, Sithabile Maseko (49) from Magwegwe West suburb was left battling for life in the street next to Regional Coaches bus rank after she was dragged out of the bus by two men who were in...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not among top offending nations in UK
Despite the number of Zimbabweans jailed in the United Kingdom increasing, the country remains not among the top 10 most offending nations. In little over a decade, the number of foreign nationa...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
When Zambia had a Tsvangirai moment
Phew! What an eventful week it was, from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the fall of Edgar "Chagwa" Lungu to Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia.And we also had new Malawian President Dr Lazarus...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Man sets armed thugs on mum & sister
A BULAWAYO man bit the hand that feeds him when he connived with three men armed with machetes and knives to rob his mother and sister who had just arrived in the country from the United Kingdom....Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The ultimate checklist for the winter adventure of your dreams
Bears sure have it easy. At the very least, they get to hibernate all winter without a worry in the world. After all, sleeping in and doing nothing during cold winter days is a dream for a lot of peop...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 11:34hrs | 4 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe pilot makes waves in US
GROWING up in the dusty streets of Highfield in Harare more than 40 years ago, Felix Chiota would gaze in awe at the sky each time an airplane flew over his neighbourhood. At a young age, Chio...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lockdown blues haunt diasporans returning to UK
I WILL set the scene. I'm in a hotel room on the outskirts of Heathrow. There's the occasional buzz and thunder of a plane landing and taking off. I'm banging against the windows. Don't land! The bed ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Mufaro Makubika
Cops, villagers flee businessman's 'goblins'
VILLAGERS and two police officers scurried for cover after they allegedly stumbled on goblins in a businessman's suitcase while searching for poison that allegedly led to the death of several communit...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo speaks on rape allegations
Professor Jonathan Moyo has refuted allegations that he bedded Yulith Ndlovu a former lead vocalist of the once-popular group PaxAfro which produced the hit song Let it play. Moyo was respondi...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 11:07hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed robbers rob Sino Non-Metal Resources of US$44,000
Six armed men robbed four Chinese nationals on Wednesday morning of US$44 200, ZWL$2 920 and 500 Chinese yuan at Sino Non-Ferrous Metal Resources gold milling company in Shurugwi.The robbers a...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCTV exposes thieving guard
A security guard was sentenced to an effective 18 months in prison for stealing property worth US$19 570 from Classic Touch shop using a stolen duplicate key. Fidelis Muzhewe appeared before H...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 01:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
EXTRACT: The men who helped Chiwenga to execute the coup
Two Weeks in November by Douglas Rodgers is the thrilling story of a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixe...Published: 20 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 4 | by Douglas Rodgers
Trouble after man finds wife's marriage certificate
A CITY woman wept in court claiming her husband has been assaulting her for not cancelling her marriage certificate with her former husband. Challenge Muzama cried in court after applying for ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majaivana's sad farewell
IT is the album that was almost never made. Isono Sami, released at the turn of the century by Lovemore Majaivana, was Majaivana's farewell, released when the artiste was about to turn his bac...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Mugabe kept US$1 million in briefcase at Zvimba home
NEARLY $1m in cash was stolen from a briefcase belonging to former President Robert Mugabe, the state-owned media reported Saturday.Three people appeared in court earlier this month accused of...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
I'm looking for Sindile Ncube
I'm looking for Sindile Ncube who leant at Amhlophe 2012, Solusi 2012 and went to Hillside Teachers' College 2014. I came across a suitcase with his luggage, academic certificates, birth and n...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:15hrs | | by Social media
Lumumba undresses Fadzayi Mahere
William Gerald Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) on Friday engaged in a heated Twar with human rights lawyer Fadzayi Mahere over the announcement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe that Mutumanje had ...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 14:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sandra Ndebele speaks to $80,000 'thieves' in new song
After being defrauded of US$8 330 and $80 000 bond notes by a Bulawayo woman identified as Lindiwe Moyo in a botched foreign currency deal last month, musician Sandra "Sandy" Ndebele has composed a so...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Millions blown on needless imports
Zimbabweans are spending a fortune in foreign currency by importing non-essential consumer goods, while importation of critical capital and intermediate goods remains depressed.This, President...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Hitchhiker
She stood some fifty-sixty metres away from the desperate looking swarm of humanity that infested the Harare Showground bus stop. One hand shielded her sunglazed face from the savannah sun, the other ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 22:29hrs | 6 | by JerÃ
Payment of duty in foreign currency is justified
Presenting the 2019 national budget last week under the theme, "Austerity for Prosperity," Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube announced a raft of measures which inclu...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 18:48hrs | 1 | by Brian Johnson Mutonhori
Duty on vehicle imports gazetted
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has invoked the Customs and Excise Act and imposed duty in foreign currency on an array of goods that include vehicles and meat, in lin...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele's $100 000 'fraudster' in court
A WOMAN from Emganwini suburb, Bulawayo who allegedly defrauded musician Mrs Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi of $100 000 in a suspected illegal money changing deal that went sour, appeared in court yesterday. ...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mliswa tried to rape my wife and kill me' says British man.
A United Kingdom based man Paul Westwood has written to President Mnangagwa alleging that Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa illegally took over his companies, before threatening to rape his and...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 15:32hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Charm money turns into problem snake
A BINGA man who was troubled by a snake with supernatural powers that he got from an inyanga heaved a sigh of relief when it was killed by a local prophet.Zaman Mwembe (35) and his wife Cation...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peruvian drug trafficker jailed 10 years
A PERUVIAN drug trafficker was on Saturday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Harare magistrate after he was found in possession of a kilogramme of cocaine worth $91 520 hidden in his suitcase ha...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money is the root of all evil
We all use money every day and yet few of us really understand what these bits of paper or cotton or simply figures in a ledger really mean. But we know the stuff is important.In economic term...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Sandra Ndebele's $90 000 wasn't stolen
A WOMAN from Bulawayo who claimed that she lost almost $90 000 allegedly belonging to musician, Mrs Sandra Ndebele- Sibindi, to thieves has been arrested for making a false report after it emerged tha...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
I am not a cash baron, says Sandra Ndebele
Musician Sandra Ndebele, who was reportedly defrauded of her money by a Bulawayo woman, has dismissed claims that she is a cash baron and a runner for someone in Bulawayo.Sandy, as she is affe...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele defrauded of US$8 000
SINGER and actress Sandra "Sandy" Ndebele has threatened a civil suit against a Bulawayo woman she accuses of defrauding her of US$8 330 and $80 000 bond notes in a recent deal that went sour....Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stolen $90,000 belonged to Sandra Ndebele'
A WOMAN from Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo has accused musician Mrs Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi of viciously demanding that she repays nearly $90 000 which was stolen last week in an illegal money changing ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by staff reporter
Car speeds off with woman's $90,000
THREE suspected thieves stole nearly $90 000 from a Bulawayo woman whom they offered a lift only for them to take-off leaving her behind in Colleen Bawn after taking a recess. The money $80 00...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman externalises $6m to Botswana
A BULAWAYO businesswoman, who had been on the police wanted list for allegedly externalising more than $6 million to Botswana, appeared in court yesterday. Delny Deanna Ashley Davies (41) of M...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Manhunt launched for smuggling truck driver
POLICE in Victoria Falls have launched a manhunt for the driver and owner of a United Kingdom-marked container truck that was intercepted along Kazungula Road on Friday last week loaded with a Honda C...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gonyeti used to smuggle UK car
POLICE in Victoria Falls have intercepted a smuggled container truck fully loaded with a Honda Civic vehicle, 105 bales of second hand clothes and a variety of other goods with an estimated combined v...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
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